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    Windows 7 Can a windows 7 computer turn on by its self

    Can a windows 7 computer turn on by its self connect to a wifi internet connection start itunes and go to a specific radio station play for a few hours and then turn off and be able to do it all again night after night? I have a friend and she just can’t get how to use a computer no matter how I...
  2. Computer that supports the iLO 3 feature cannot enter hibernation in Windows 7 SP1 or in Windows Ser

    Fixes an issue in which a computer restarts before the computer enters hibernation. This issue occurs on a computer that supports the iLO 3 feature and that is running Windows 7 SP1 or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. More...
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    Windows 7 Hibernation and Sleep modes don't work

    I have, in my Control Panel, timers set for both Sleep mode and Hibernation modes (Advanced settings). However, neither one of them ever functions. What could be wrong? Thank you....
  4. Windows 7 Realtek PCIe FE Losing Connectivity in Win 7 Home 64-bit

    I am having an intermittent problem with my network connection dropping out for no apparent reason. When it drops, I still see the lights blinking on the NIC card, but cannot pass packets even to the router. Windows does not report the connection or the cable as disconnected when this...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 (Vista too): shutdown and power on again, almost like a reboot but not exactly

    Hello to everyone! :D I am writing in the hope of finding a solution to a serious problem I'm experiencing, certainly not tied to a software problem but one that I hope we can find a work around by software. My laptop (an HP DV3-2350EL i3 330m cpu and ATI Radeon HD4550 discrete graphics) has...
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    Windows 7 Recurrent Kernel-Power Errors

    Okay, so i have this laptop Link Removed - Invalid URL I've been having this kernel power issues reboots and bsod's for a long time now, i've tried every possible hardware piece alone and no faults, im a linux user too and had linux only for 2 months no problems at all. Im really pissed...
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    Windows 7 Netbook can't resume from sleep BUT works fine from hybernation

    hi there guys, i have posted this on a few other places so i hope to have some hints from your community that seems very "active": i have a bit of "weird" problem, that is, my netbook cannot resume properly from sleepBUT hybernation works fine. and the strange thing is, it was a while, lets say...
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    Windows 7 Problems waking from sleep

    Hey there, Recently I've been having problems after waking my laptop up from sleep -- I think it tries to shut down instead, because upon waking up it sometimes gives me the "Waiting for programs to close" screen, which I can then press cancel and continue using it normally. This causes a...
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    Windows 7 Turn off hard drive

    Is there a way to turn off a hard drive so it only runs when I want it to. I have a herd drive in my machine that I use for temporary backups and I don't use it very often so I'd like to have it turned off until I need it. Thanx, zepe
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    Windows 7 What DOESN'T happen when my PC sleeps or hibernates?

    I've always wondered if background tasks continue to run while the PC is in sleep mode or hibernation. Are there actions that I can take to wake it up? What happens if I'm running a scan and the PC goes into hibernation or sleep mode? Please help me out........
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    Windows 7 BSOD when woken from sleep mode

    The computer I have is an Asus G53sw and came loaded with Windows 7 and a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M video card. Recently I posted a thread on here to help with blue screens and it seemed to work for about a week and now it is going back to blue screens whenever woken up from sleep mode, but not...
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    Windows 7 Sudden and extreme slowdown Shutdown, boot and hibernate

    I was regularly using Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit with no problems what so ever from the OS until 2 days back. Since then, suddenly my laptop is taking a lot of time to boot, shutdown or hibernate- surprisingly no noticeable slow down while turning on from hibernation. Entering and exiting...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 Pro does not awake from Sleep properly.

    Desktop does not respond to mouse actions as previously nor the front panel power switch. I have to disconnect the power cord, reconnect, and press the front panel power button. Then the unit starts up and returns to window without the login window as if it was sleeping. The problem started...
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    Windows 7 FPS drops

    Hi guys(and girls) I have an acer 5742g laptop config: Intel i5 460m@2.53ghz 4 gb ddr3 ram nvidia geforce gt 420m 1gb I'm running w7 home premium 64-bit Now I only play cs 1.6 and untill recently my fps was steady at 99-100 but now my fps drops to 30-70 without any reason during the game. I've...
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    Windows 7 WOL with PCI card

    I've got a Biostar TA790GXBE motherboard with onboard Realtek RTL8168D NIC. This has three boxes under Power Management: Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power Allow this device to wake the computer Only allow a magic packet to wake the computer I've added a Realtek 8139B NIC...
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    Windows 7 w7 goes to sleep why

    this computer now goes to sleep for no reason I have looked in the power control and nothing is maked to close down at any time where else controls this thanks
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 "Blackout" (Sleep mode?)

    My computer goes all black and doesn't respond, then it says it's on sleep mode. However I can't "wake" it up. And this happens VERY often... I'd appreciate any help given, cheers.
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    Windows 7 i can't play movies properly on my laptop when my AC charger isn't plugged in. worked fine on Vista

    when my laptop is plugged in i can play movies, games, everything fine. however when the laptop isn't plugged in, movie playback is terrible- all jumpy and broken, no matter what video player i use. usually, movies will play fine until the battery drops to around the 50% level. i've played...
  19. An optical drive that supports DIPM does not enter a low power state when it is installed on a compu

    Fixes an issue in which an optical drive that is installed on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 does not enter a low power state. Link Removed
  20. Open windows change position when turning off DisplayPort monitor on Windows 7

    When using some DisplayPort monitors on Windows 7, if you power the monitor off and back on, you may find that some windows or desktop icons have changed position. Link Removed